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High
School Students invade University …
Un-Ai
Jo
Kingsgrove North High School
There
were four high school students who were involved in the ‘invasion’
that took place at University of New South Wales on the 12th
of April of 2006. Out of the four students, three were from
Kingsgrove North High School and one was from James Ruse Agricultural
High School. As a student who was part of the invasion, I
found that lots of things are different in university when
compared to high school.
Mitch, Meagan, Carmen, Belinda, Dr Rifkin, Rob, and Un-AI
(left to right).
Band plays music at lunch. Sundials are used to tell the time.
Concave mirrors that allow you to see 15 reflections of you
when you stand at a point. Lots of stairs, computers, books
and food shops. List goes on and on…
This year, World Wide Day in Science started with the orientation
that gave us general information about the day and our role.
When the orientation ended, brainstorm took place and this
was the time where every one of us expressed our point of
view on the topics that were being discussed.
After the discussion, we were introduced to UNSW science students.
From there, we were divided into two groups to interview our
host. Our group’s host was Meagan McLachlan, and this interview
can be viewed by clicking here.
After the interview, Meagan took us to laboratories and then
to the library. Library was huge, and it contained shelves
of books, loads of computers, study areas, and this was applied
to every level. Many of the students in the library had access
to internet and most of these people were on their E-Journal.
E-Journal is a convenient program, which allows university
students to access essays or lectures whenever they wanted
from anywhere as long as internet was available.
Subsequent to library was lecture
on physiology at Sir John Clancy Auditorium.
Sir John Clancy Auditorium is classified as the largest lecture
room in UNSW. The lecturer, Dr. Lesley Ulman, talked about
electrical events in the cardiac cycle and the relevant topics
including electrocardiogram.
After the lecture, most of us changed our host, and the new
hosts names were Arthur Chee and Mitchell Serena. They took
us to the Physics area of the University and showed us physic
labs, products of nanotechnology, 3D holograms that were created
by photonics and the unique features of the building.
See the three-dimensional cube in the hologram?
Also, we saw solar panels that were used to save energy, sundial
and visited a bookshop on the way to the Pavilion to have
a lunch break. Mitchell Serena’s interview can also be viewed
by clicking here.
Overall, attending WWSD at University of New South Wales was
a great opportunity for all of us. At the end of the day,
I found many interesting facts and the different career paths
that science could lead and provide students in future years.
Our student hosts, Meagan and Mitch.
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